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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other
Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “Very sad that the RINOs [Republicans in name only] in the House and Senate gave Biden and Democrats a victory on the ‘Non-Infrastructure’ Bill, where only 11% of the money being wasted goes to real infrastructure.”
The Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios (The Infrastructure Bill is separate from the spending bill and therefore and Infrastructure bill.) |
TRUE | Claim by David Gura (NPR): “FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
PolitiFact rating: True (According to Forbes this is correct) Is West Virginia home to zero billionaires?
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FALSE | Claim by Aaron Rodgers: “There’s been zero long-term studies around sterility or fertility issues around the [COVID-19] vaccines.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Not a Side Effect) |
BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!”
PolitiFact rating: False (there is no evidence over the last 120 years of mask-wearing to support this.) No evidence that masks cause dangerous carbon dioxide buildup for children |
FALSE | Claim by thegatewaypundit.com: ‘Digital Driver’s License’ in Utah Contain COVID-19 Vaccination Status, Credit Score
Lead Stories rating: False (In some states this is true, but not Utah) |
FALSE | (International: Hong Kong): Claim by Wang Wenbin: “Since the implementation of the Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong SAR, U.S. and other foreign investors have enjoyed a safer, more stable and predictable business environment.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False Foreign Businesses in Hong Kong are not ‘More Stable’ Thanks to National Security Law |
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Seems Disingenuous “blatant lie” rating given by media-biased-fact-check on Washington lost four pinnochios. The “tongue-in-cheek” claim of “non-“infrastructure bill was to deride nomenclature and taxonomy and political-miss-speak what is called bipartisan infrastructure bill clearly not being traditional infrastructure and everyone but wapo & you knew better, not a reference to BBB morass.
Chris, the problem here is if he meant it the way you’d like to dictate that we should’ve interpreted it then why didn’t he just say it in a way that doesn’t require your assistance as to the proper way to decipher and translate Trump”s native language. Personally I’ll pass on any of your free promotional “MumboJumboese lessons. Sincerely, Denny Ryals